Meat slicer



May 27, 1930.

E. G. STRECKFUSS MEAT SLICER Filed July 14, 1927 4 SheetS Sheei'.

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May 27, 1930. E G; STRECKFUSS MEAT sLIcER Filed July 14, 1927 4'sneets sneet' 3 A TTORNE Y.

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Patented May 27, 1930 tlhiiTEEfi gTATES rattan ELMER G. STREGKEUSS, F CINGINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GINCINNATI THEE RECORDER CGMPANY, 01" CINCINNATI, OHIO, A. CORPORATION 013 OHIO MEAT SLICER Application filed July 14,

My invention relates to meat slicers, and more particularly to those slicers in which a meat tray is moved manually back and forth past a revolving knife, the meat being advanced by hand toward the knife, as the slices are removed.

It is the object of my invention to provide I a meat slicing machine, and one which can be used for slicing other articles such as bread, sausage, and the like, in which the parts are simple to make and assemble, and which,

surrounded except for the cutting edge by means of a guard. In order to permit the use of a knife surrounding guard and employ a knife which has a shoulder behind the blade, behind which shoulder the edge of the guard toward the slicing point can lie, I slant the knife at an angle, andextend the guard in line with the travel of the meat tray, thus permitting cutting as long a slice as the meat tray is built for.

In connection with the meat tray, it is my object to mount it so as to slide back and forth above a removable plate which lies over the guide rods, which plate can be readily cleaned. I also provide a meat advancing plate and mount this removably on simple guide'rods forming part of the frame of the meat tray.

The above and other advantages to be not ed, I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed outv and claimed.

. In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the complete machine except for the fact that the cover plate over the guide rod trough for the meat receiving tray.

1927. Serial No; 205,772.

tray frame is removed and the meat tray is removed.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the meat tray.

Figure 2 is a detail section taken through the knife and the face guard thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the face guard.

Figure 4: is a front elevation of the face guard.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the cover over the scrap channel in the base, which also supports the face guard.

Figure 6 is an elevation showing the part illustrated in Figure 5 from its forward edge.

"Figure 7 is a front elevation of the machine. I

Figure 8 is a side elevation of the meat tray and support, removed from the machine, szpne being taken from the knife side there- 0 Figure 9 is a detail elevation of the drive for the knife, with the cover removed from the gearing.

Figure 10 is a central vertical section taken 7 through the slice adjusting plate mechanism.

Figure 11 is a side elevation of the complete machine taken from the slice adjuster and motor drive side thereof.

Figure 12 is a detail section of the sharpener mechanism.

Figure 13 is a perspective of the scrap tray.

Figure 14 is a detail perspective of the slice adjuster plate by itself.

Figure 15 is a section on the line 15-15 of Figure 1.

Figure 16 is a detail elevation of the knife backguard and slice deflecting plate.

Figure 17 is a section on the line 1717 of Figure 16.

Figure 18 is a perspective detail of the slice The machine is arranged upon a base 1,

which has on the meat side of the machine a' long trough-like portion 2, raised at the ends at 3. This leaves the sides 3 of the trough lower than the ends, and a plate 4 is set over the ends to close the trough except for the gap left between the sides of the trough and the plate. Holes 5 on the top edges of the trough engage lugs on the plate to hold it in and under the plate, the base having two pairs,

of bosses 8 that slidingly engage the'rods.

The sides 9 of the frame extend out over the sides of the troughthrough the gaps between the plate 4 and the sides 3, and thence u wardly for the support of the tra T e' tray rests on the two side pieces, 'an is held down by means of screw studs 9, which enga e forks 7 on the tray.

ne of the sides, at a point adjacent the top of the tray at the front thereof, is rovided with a guide rod 10, and the other 0 the sides 9 has a projection which lies at the back a portion at 18 whic end of the tray which is connected to the first side 9 by a uide rod 11. The meat advancing plate, w en it is desired to use the same is set over the guide rods and can be pulledI'oif of the rods at will, to use the machine without the advancin plate. The plate proper, as shown at 12, as spikes 13 t erein to engage the meat, and has a pair of mountin arms 14 secured thereto, one of which has a 0s 15 to slide over the guide re 10, and the other a fork 16 to ride over th companion rod 11. There is a handle across between the two arms, as indicated at 17 which handle is behind the plate consideringthe spiked side as the front). he arms are arranged so that one passes over the top of the front ed e-pf the tra and the other is located beyon the rear e ge of the tray. The tray, as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 will be noted as having h is higher and longer than the rest of the tray, so as to provide the fullest grasp over the meat near the line of cut.

The handle 19, secured across the frame of the tra can be used to advance the tray, or when t e meat advancing plate is used, the handle thereof can be emplo ed both for moving the tray to and fro on t e main guide rods, and advancing'the late crosswise of the tray on the rods 10 an 11.

The machine is shown as being driven by a motor 20.. This motor is set on an elevated portion 20 of the frame at a slight angle to the line of movement of the tray. Its shaft is equipped with a beveled gear 21, which mesheswith a beveled gear 22 that is located on the shaft 23 of the knife. The knife is mounted in an upward rojection 24- of the frame, and is formed with a body 25, a rim 26, which is thicker than the body so as to resent a shoulder 27 and a cutting edge 28. he shaft of the knife, and ro ection on the frame, and the knife itself m consequence are set so that the knife is at a slight angle (Fig. 2), so as to bring its forward or cuttlng edge nearer to the path of the meat or the line of movement of t e tray, than is its rear edge.

or cover is set over the caidrive and held inprlace'by screws '30. he mention on the ame that supports the ifs shaft has thumb screws at 31, 31,-by means of which the back guard of-the lmife is mounted: This" back guard is referably provided so'as to cover the back 0 the'knifefrom the drive. housing to the meat cutting edge, as incicate'd at .32. There is a top ard'32 'for the knife, which is secured by t umb screws to the lugs 33 and 34 on the upward projection of theframe Thiscovers'the top and rear portions of the ife and presents a face .or edge 35 beyond the knife edge, from-the cutting .ortion, and back over. the top to the base 0 the machine at the rear, against which edge the front knife guard is mounted by means of thumbscrews as at 36, which enter holes in the said edge. The lower end of the guard 32 is'forked to engage over a-thumb screw 32 secured to av portion of the motor base.

The last noted guard as indicated in Figure 12 has also a ring shaped portion 37, with bosses 37 a at the sides, within which is mounted the knife sharpener wheel. This wheel,

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as shown at 38, is mounted on the end of a screw 38 which is located in a plate 38. The wheel revolves with relatirm to the screw.

The screw itself passes through a threaded hole in the plate 38 which is screwed to the bosses 37, andby means of thescrew the wheel can be advanced for purposes of sharpening.

The front face meat guard is in the form of a plate 39 4), which is shaped to lie behind the shoul er of the knife (Fig. 2) at the front. For about one fourth of the periphery of this shoulder, which is the slic'mg portion of the knife, the late lies behind the shoulder. It then passes 0 0nd theshoulder with a slight swelhn out thereof at to and bottom as at 39 an 39* but extends without deflection straight back in the line of travel of the meat tray. The deflection of the knife blade is such that this face guard can cover the blade com letely, except at the cutting edge where it hes behmd the shoulder, without swelled out to'pass beyond the shoulder at t e rear of the machine.

When the tray is' moved back and forth, and the knife slices through a piece of meat, the meat will have a fiat surface to move along, with no projection at the rear which will stop itsmovement or disturb its osition, and with the front guard substantia ly flush with the exposed cuttin portion of the knife.

Between the 'motor see and the side. 3 nearest it, is a chamber which extends beneath the lower edge of the knife, and I provide a narrow tray 40, 'which'slides in this the cuttingedggof the knife, I provide a cover late 41 w airly chamber. To cover the tray, except beneath lower portion of the knife. This plate 41 has slots 42 therein which are engaged by tringues 43 on the lower edge of the face guard p ate.

It may be observed that the knife is complctely enclosed by my structure, except for the very edge thereof, at the point where the meat is sliced.

The slice adjuster plate mechanism is mounted on a sleeve set over a post 44 and which terminates in a base flange 45 studs 47 set into the base of the machine. The sleeve can be lifted so as to be free pf the studs, and revolved away from the knife for cleaning, so as to run no danger of the operator working close to the knife edge.

Mounted on the sleeve is a casting having a boss 48, which is not threaded, and through which passes the smooth shank portion 49 of the adjusting screw. The screw has an operating head 50 and a flange 51 inside of the boss which prevents the screw from lengthwise travel therein. The casting also has two arms 52 which carry guide rods 53, 53. The guide rods support a frame having two uprights 54, to which uprights the meat slice adjusting plate 55 is screwed. The frame is also provided .with a central internally threaded boss 56, connected to the two uprights, into which boss the threaded portion 57 of the adjusting screw passes.

In order to mount a protective housing over the mechanism last described, I provide for a guide pin 58, projecting from the main casting on the sleeve, and provide a casing 59 shaped to fit over the mechanism, except for the adjuster plate itself.

The housing is also provided with cross straps 60, which upon assembly, are located just before the uprights on the frame that holds the adjusting plate, and the screws which mount the adjusting plate to the up rights, also enter the cross straps, and hold the housing so that it moves. with the adjusting plate.

This device prevents the housing from gaping away from the plate during adjustment. The housing slides over the guide pin 58.

In assembly the hand wheel on the adjusting screw is set in place last and held on the screw by means of a set screw or in any other desired way.

The adjusting plate lies in parallelism with the path of the meat tray, and has a curved edge 59 which lies close up to the cutting edge of the knife.

In operation the user will press on the meat as he moves the tray back and forth, and the meat can advance no further than the plate, thus being held for a given thickness of slice.

The switch for the motor is mounted in a raised portion 60 of the main frame or base, and between this portion and the raised por- This flange has holes 46 therein, which lie overtion for the motor, I place a meat collecting tray 61, which fits into this space. The tray lies at its forward edge beneath the cutting edge of the knife, so as to catch all slices of meat. The meat cannot pass around behind the knife on account of the back guard plate, which is close up against the back of the knife.

It will be evident that various mechanical features equivalent to those noted could be employed in accomplishing my several objects, and I do not wish to be taken as representing that the particular parts shown, and particular assembly, are the only ways in which my invention can be accomplished. I

have described in full one embodiment of my invention, and will set forth the invention itself in the appended claims.

' Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a slicing machine, the combination with a base, a rotary knife supported on said base, a trough having guide rods therein, and having its ends higher than its sides, frame means sli'dingly mounted on the guide rods, and extending out fromthe sides of the tray, a cover plate secured to the ends of the trough, and hence lying out of the path of said frame means, a tray mounted on said frame means, said knife located near one of said sides, and a narrow pan located adjacent the said side and beneath the knife for.

catching particles of the sliced article.

2. In a slicing machine, a slice adjuster plate located in substantial parallelism with a rotar knife, a support for said plate,

means or adjusting the plate with relation means or adjusting the plate with relation,

to said support to gauge the thickness of slice, said support having a slidable and rotary mounting, whereby it can be turned away from proximity to the knife for cleaning, said mounting comprising a post and a sleeve mounted to slide and revolve on said post, and means on the machine to engage and hold said sleeve against rotary motion when the plate is in position.

4. A support for a slice adjusting plate in slicing machines comprising a post, a sleeve tien u'on an elevation thereof, forthepnr r pose escrihe 5. In a slicing mange. slice adluster plete' meeh comp a. support hevmg guide reds, e'ylete reteinmg frame v mounted on the gulde rods, an adjust'm screw arranged to'rotate in the support sei plate retaining frame having at threaded portion to engage the screw, whereby the revolution of thesorew move the frame and hence the Flete, and e cover for the operated portion 0 the sup rt, said cover arranged v to move with the p ate as it is adjusted by the screw, and he opening to clear the w ed] tasting screw permitting sai screw to projectfor operation.

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